CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PRACTICUM

A proactive approach to management allows you to be well organized for your planning
and teaching. Prediction, prevention and being proactive can do a long way to solving
problems before they happen. Being proactive as opposed to reactive is always
preferable. Remember Barry Bennetts suggestion of winning over, building cohesion
and inclusiveness in a classroom sets a tone and a climate. This plan is what you will
have in place to organize and manage your classes during your practicum. You may
decide to maintain a number of the routines/procedures already in place in your
classroom. Your sponsor teacher may have given you permission and/or encouraged
you to try some new routines and management strategies of your own.

Structure, strategies, and techniques

Here you describe the setup, routines, guidelines and procedures and classroom
management strategies that you will be using in your classes. . You may have pieces of
your plan that apply to more than 1 class or possible to all classes. I encourage you to
use techniques and terminology from your classwork as well as your experience. You
can have some general aspects that apply to all your classes with some specifics for each
individual class or you might have separate descriptions for each class.
You might consider some of the following:

Classroom setup: There are five separate tables groupings in which a maximum of 6
students can sit at. Depending on the learning outcomes (project work, etc) these
groupings are subject to change. At the side of the room are separate tables in which
students whose behaviour is disruptive may well be seated for the remaining duration of
the class. As most of the material are online, this is not an issue in terms of space.
Computer (Chromebook) access is provided on a lesson to lesson basis.

Classroom routines: Attendance shall be taken at the beginning of class as this

encourages students to be punctual. Repeated instances of lateness will be noted and
measures (talking to the student for example) shall be administered. When the register is
being taken, there shall be silence. Prior to dismissal, students will put their
Chromebooks away in the technology cupboard and plug them into their power supplies.
Students shall remain inside the classroom until the bell has rang. If students require a
visit to the washroom, only one student shall be out of the classroom using the bathroom
at any one time. There will be a limit of 5 minutes imposed on each bathroom trip. When
a student returns then, if needed another student can visit the bathroom,. If a student does
not return from the bathroom, or has spent an unreasonable amount of time (over 10
minutes) using the bathroom then a conversation will be had with that student regarding
their lengthy absence. Unless moving as part of a group allocation which has necessitated
moving to another table, as part of a school drill (fire, earthquake, etc) or getting
materials (Chromebooks, paper) students will remain seated. As the vast majority of
students are using Google Classroom, work completion will monitored by this online
system. Students that have done their work within the required timeframe will be spoken
to regarding when they expect to complete the work, and why havent they completed the
work on time.

Management strategies- In order to get the students attention, I will stand at the
whiteboard or the projection board and say Eyes on me firmly. I will wait until all
students have their eyes on me before commencing teaching. If a couple of students
continue to talk I will fix my eyes on them until they realise and stop talking.
Furthermore, students will be reminded of their responsibilities according to the four Cs.
During a class discussion, students will raise their hands if they wish to say anything. If
several students have their hands up, they will be allocated a number indicating the order
in which they will be called upon to contribute to the discussion. Discussions between
peer groups will be closely monitored, and constructed in such a way that students will
know they might be called upon to give an answer. Applicable to both peer and
classroom discussions is that all students are expected to contribute.
When a student is being disruptive, I will inform that student they are not being
engaged and/or being responsible as a learner. They may well be asked to produce some
work within a given time frame. When a student is not contributing to their learning as
part of a group, they will be quietly spoken to and asked why they are not contributing or
being engaged. Restorative steps will be taken in conjunction with them. However, if
they continue to be disruptive they will be taken out of the classroom and a conversation
will be had. It may become necessary to remove that student from the classroom for the
remaining duration. In this instance they will be sent down to the office and/or depending
on the potential issue such as educational difficulties be sent to work in the Hub. Positive
contributions to the classroom environment will be met with a good or a well done.
Problems between students vary, and at the most simple level can be met with the
students being separated and moved to different parts of the room. If there is the potential
for violence, then one of the students shall be sent down to the office immediately to
avoid an escalation which could spread throughout the classroom.

Classroom rules: During a class discussion, students will raise their hands if they wish
to ask a question. There is no talking when either a student or I am talking. Students shall
sit up and not slouch in their chairs. Laptops shall be down when I am talking, or if there
is a classroom discussion. Lateness shall be noted. When the class has started, the door is
shut and the student will need to knock in order to gain access. Mobile phones and eating
food is banned in the classroom. If a student is expecting a call then they are obliged to
inform me before the start of the lesson.

Classroom tasks: Attendance is taken at the start of class. At the end of the day, students
plug their Chromebooks back into the power supplies, and they are expected to put the
chairs on the table.
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Classroom tasks (attendance, Environment (displays, posting student work, classroom
clean-up)